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REVISED 

SCHOOL LAWS 

AND 

REVISED RULES AND 
REGULATIONS 

OF THE 

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 

OF THE 

TERRITORY OF HAWAII 
1911 



HONOLULU : 

BULLETIN PUBLISHING CO., LTD. 
1911 



REVISED 

SCHOOL LAWS^. 

AND 

REVISED RULES AND 
REGULATIONS 

OF THE 

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 

OF THE 

TERRITORY OF HAWAII 
1911 



HONOLULU : 

BULLETIX PUBLISHING CO., LTD. 
1911 



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INDEX 



Page. 

Abduction from Industrial and Reform Scliools 21 

Absence, Leave of 45 

Age of Majority • • • • 23 

Agricultural and Industrial Pursuits in Schools 16 

Appointment, Removal 6 

Assistant Teachers 40, 42 

Attendance, in What District 13 

Attendance, Private Schools 13 

Board of Examiners 48 

Books 14 

Care of School Property 7 

Certificates, Teachers' 45, 49 

Children's Duties • • 23 

College of Hawaii 26,. 28 

Commissioners .- 4 

Commitment to Industrial and Reformatory Schools 19 

Compulsory Attendance 11 

Conventions • • 8 

Cost of Transportation, Industrial and Reformatory Schools... 22 

Credentials, Recognition of ^ 49 

Cruelty to Children 25 

Curfew Law 24 

Department of Public Instruction 3, 37 

Department, Powers and Duties • • 9 

Desertion from Industrial and Reform Schools 21 

Discharge from Industrial and Reform Schools 21 

Dismissal and Transfer of Teachers 44 

Districts 13 

English Language, Basis ot Instruction 11 

Examinations 45, 49 

Examiners, Board of • • 48 

Fees Charged 19 

Health Certificates 25 

High Sheriff to Assist 21 

Holidays ••.... 49 



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Page 

Idle and Dissolute Children Under Eighteen 19 

Industrial and Reformatory Schools, Object of 18 

Industrial and Reformatory Schools 40 

Industrial and Reformatory Schools, Matron Appointed Girls.. 40 
Industrial and Reformatory Schools, Superintendent Appointed 

Boys 40 

Inspector of Schools • • 6 

Instruction, Religious 49 

Inventories 8 

Juvenile Act 31, 35 

Labor by Children in Industrial and Reformatory Schools 20 

Land, Acquirement of • • 16 

Leave of Absence 45 

Maintenance of Public Schools 28, 31 

Object of Industrial and Reformatory Schools 18 

Office 5 

Office Hours • • 5 

Other Schools 17 

Parents' Control of Children 23 

Penalty for Enticing Children from Industrial and Reformatory 

Schools 21 

Penalty for Truancy • • 12 

Prevention of Cruelty to Children 25 

Principals 8, 20, 39 

Private Schools, How Established 9 

Supervised by Department 10 

English Language Basis of Instruction 11 

Proceeds of Sale of Books 15 

Proceeds from Special Schools • • 17 

Profits to Teachers and Pupils 17 

Promotion of Teachers 41 

Public Lands, Use of • . 16 

Public, Private Schools 9 

Public Schools, Maintenance of (School Fund Commission Act). 28, 31 
Public School Laws Relating to Agricultural and Industrial 

Pursuits 17 

Punishment of Pupils 8 

Purposes for Taking Private Property 15 

Quorum 4 

Records 18 

Records of Pupils 13 

Religious Instruction 49 

Removal 6 

Rules for Examinations 48 

Rules, Regulations 5,18,37 



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Pag-e 

Salaries 6, 41, 43 

Schedule of Salaries 41, 43 

School Districts : 13 

School, Hours to Be Open • • 40 

Schools, Industrial and Reformatory 18 

Commitment to 18 

Surrender of Children to Department 19 

Fees Charged • • . . 19 

Commitments Direct to Department 19 

Duties of Principals 20 

Labor by Children 20 

Abduction and Desertion 21 

Penalty for Abduction 21 

Discharge from ...... 21 

Transfer to Jail 22 

Cost of Transportation 22 

School Laws Relating to Agricultural and Industrial Pursuits.. 17 

Schools, Other 17 

Schools, Private, How Established 9 

School Property, Care of 7 

Schools, Public, Private 9 

School Sites, Buildings, Furniture, etc 15 

Secretary 7 

Sites on Public Lands 15 

Superintendent 3,38 

Superintendent, Acting 3 

Duties of 4 

Supervising Principals 38 

Teachers 8, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45 

Teachers' Conventions 8 

Transfers 14,44 

Transfer to Jail from Reformatory Schools 22 

Truancy, Penalty for 12 

Truant Officers 12 

Tuberculosis, to Prevent 26 

Tuition 9 

Vacation Salaries 43 



REVISED 

SCHOOL LAWS. 



DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HvTSTRUCTION. 

1. There shall be an executive department to be known as 
the department of public instruction, which shall consist of a 
superintendent of public instruction and six commissioners 
(Sec. 184, Chap. 17, R. L.). 

SUPERINTENDENT. 

2. The superintendent of public instruction shall be the 
chief administrative officer of the department, and shall keep 
an office at the seat of government. The superintendent of 
public instruction may be referred to in this chapter as the 
superintendent (Sec. 185). 

ACTING SUPERINTENDENT. 

3. The Superintendent of Public Instruction, may, with 
the approval of the Governor, designate some other officer in 
his department to act in his temporary absence or illness^ Such 
designation shall be in writing and shall be filed in the office 
of the Secretary of the Territory. Provided, however, that the 
Superintendent shall be responsible and liable on his official 
bonds for all acts done or performed by the person designated to 
act in his absence as herein prescribed. (Part of Sec. 1, Act 
21, S. L. 1909.) 

4. Such person so designated shall, during the temporary 
absence or illness of the head of such office, have all the powers 



of the head of such office and shall be known as the Acting 
Superintendent, but shall not be entitled to any additional com- 
pensation while so acting. (Sec. 2.) 

COMMISSIONERS. 

5. The governor, in the manner prescribed in section 80 of 
the Organic Act, shall appoint six competent persons to act as 
commissioners.- Two of such appointees shall be residents of 
the County of Hawaii, one of the County of Maui and one of 
the County of Kauai. They shall be commissioned for terms 
of tw^o years. In case of a vacancy among the commissioners 
from any cause other than the expiration of the tenure of office, 
such vacancy shall be filled by appointment, and the term of 
office of such commissioner shall be for the remainder of the 
term for which his predecessor was appointed. (Sec. 186, 
Chap. 17, R. L. amended by Act 42, S. L. 1909.) 

6. ]^o person in holy orders or a minister of religion shall 
be eligible as a commissioner. Women shall be eligible to be 
appointed as commissioners ; provided, however, that not more 
than two shall hold commissions at any one time. All com- 
missioners shall serve without pay, but shall be entitled to re- 
imbursement for their necessary expenses incurred while at- 
tending meetings. (Sec. 187, Amended, by Act 42, S. L. 1909.) 

QUORUM. 

7. The superintendent and three commissioners, or, in the 
absence of the Superintendent, four commissioners shall con- 
stitute a quorum for the transaction of business. At least one 
meeting shall be held in Honolulu during the months of January 
or February and June or July in each calendar year ; such other 
meetings shall be held as may be necessary for the proper 
transaction of the business of the Department. (Sec. 188, 
Amended by Act 42, S. L. 1909, Amended by Act 135, 1911.) 

DUTIES OF SUPERIIsTTEATDENT. 

8. The superintendent shall preside at all meetings at which 
he may be present, and in his absence the commissioners 



may choose one of their number to act as chairman of the meet- 
ing". (Sec. 189.) 

9. Except as otherwise provided, the superintendent shall 
sign all drafts for the payment of moneys, all commissions and 
appointments, all deeds, official acts or other documents of the 
department. He shall, not later than the last Wednesday of 
February in each year, present to the Governor a, full report of 
the principal transactions within his Department during the 
year ending December 31 last preceding, together with such 
recommendations as he may think proper. (Sec. 190.) 

RULES, EEGULATIO^S. 

10. The department may adopt rules and regulations not 
contrary to existing law, for the government of all teachers and 
pupils, and its officers, agents and servants and for the carrying 
out of the general scheme of education and for the transaction 
of its business, which, when approved by the governor and 
i>ublished, shall have the force and effect of law. (Sec. 191), 
(Act 88 S. L. 1911.) 

OFFICE. 

11. 'The department shall maintain an office at the seat of 
government, which shall be open for the transaction of business 
every day, excepting Sundays and holidays. (Sec. 192.) 

OFFICE HOURS. 

12. The several offices of the Territorial Government shall, 
except as otherwise directed or permitted by the respective 
chiefs or heads thereof, with the ajiiu'oval of the Governor, be 
open for public business on business days from 8 :30 o'clock in 
the morning to 4:30 o'clock in the afternoon, excepting on Sat- 
urdays, when they may close at noon, and all officers and em- 
ployees of any such officoe shall be therein for the transaction 
of public business during such hours, excepting when the per- 
formance of their official duties requires their presence else- 
where or when excused by the chief or head of the office; pro- 
vided, that the one hour at noon for luncheon allowed each 



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employee shall be considered as an hour during which actual 
service is performed. Any officer or employee who shall violate 
any of the foregoing provisions, may be dismissed from his 
office or employment by such chief or head or by the Governor. 
(Ees. InTo. 3, 1909.) 

13. The department shall adopt a seal, the impression of 
which shall be necessary to authenticate all of its appointments, 
commissions, final acts of the nature of record, and all other 
documents issued by it. (Sec. 193.) 

14. The department shall cause all its proceedings, doings 
and acts to be recorded, and such records shall from time to 
time be filed in the archives of the department. A certified 
copy of such record or any portion thereof, when signed by the 
superintendent and attested by the secretary under the seal 
of the department, shall be competent evidence of all it contains 
in any court. (Sec. 194.) 

APPOINTMENT, REMOVAL. 

15. The department may, from time to time, appoint and 
remove such officers, and servants as may be necessary for carry- 
ing out the pur]30ses of this chapter, and regulate their duties, 
powers and responsibilities, when not otherwise provided, by 
law. (Sec. 195.) 

. SALARIES. 

16. The salary of the various school teachers, servants and 
officers not especially provided by law, shall be such as may be 
from time to time allowed by the department. (Sec. 19G.) 

INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS. 

17. Eor the purpose of supervision and inspection, the de- 
partment shall appoint an inspector general of schools to hold 
office during its pleasure ; provided, however, that no person in 
holy orders or a minister of religion, shall be eligible to fill 
such office. (Sec. 197.) 

It shall be the special duty of the inspector general of schools 



to make frequent tours of the respective islands and districts; 
to examine into the condition of the public schools; to inform 
school officers and teachers of their several duties; and to 
foster generally an interest in the cause of education. The in- 
spector general may, in the discretion of the department, have 
the power of appointment and dismissal of school teachers; the 
arranging and re-arranging of studies to be pursued; and the 
prominence to be given to any particular branch of learning ; to 
examine the books, vouchers and accounts of the various school 
agents and local school committees; tO' hold examinations for 
the purpose of determining the qualifications of persons desiring 
to serve as school teachers ; to give certificates of approval to 
those found competent ; and to do and perform all other matters 
and things intrusted to his care by th^ department. He shall 
report in writing a distinct statement to the department of all 
acts and duties performed by him; all of wdiich shall be sub- 
ject to be approved or disapproved by the department. (Sec. 
198.) 

SECRETARY. 

18. The department shall appoint a secretaTy to hold office 
during its pleasure. He shall record the doings and transac- 
tions of the department, take minutes of all its meetings, noting 
the same in a book of record ; keep the minutes of the meetings 
of the various committees, if so requested ; carry on the neces- 
sary correspondence; and keep a true and accurate account of 
all the financial transactions of the department; and do and 
perform all other acts and things as may be required of him by 
the department. He shall have the custody of and be respons- 
ible for the safe-keeping of all books, records, vouchers and 
other documents, and all other property of the department kept 
at its general office at the seat of government. (Sec. 199.) 

CARE OF SCHOOL PROPERTY. 

19. It shall be the duty of the Board (of County Supervi- 
sors) to build, rebuild, repair, equip, maintain, and regulate 
school houses other than the formal school, Lahainaluna 
school, and the Boys' and Girls' Industrial schools. (Act 101, 
L. 1909.) 



mVENTOEIES. 

20. It shall be the duty of the Superintendent of Public 
Instruction, in the month of July of each year to prepare and 
file with the Tax Assessor of the taxation division in which such 
property is situate, a return or inventory, sworn to before a 
person authorized by law to administer oaths, containing a full, 
true and corrected list by detailed items of all property, of 
whatsoever nature, (as of July 1 of the year for which such 
return is made) belonging to the Territory of Hawaii and in 
the possession, custody, control or use of the officer so making 
such return or of the department, of the Government over which 
he presides or of any officer, agent or employee serving in such 
department or under such returning officer, and containing 
further opposite each item a statement of the full cash value of 
the property therein named according to the best knowledge, in- 
formation and belief of the officer making such return. (Act 
77, S. L. 1909, Sec. 1.) 

PEHnTCIPALS, teacheks. 

21. All schools shall be presided over by qualified teachers. 
If there shall be more than one teacher in any public school, 
one of them shall be designated by the department as prin- 
cipal. (See. 203, Chap, 17.) 

PUNISHMENT OF PUPILS. 

22. Any teacher shall have power to administer necessary 
and reasonable punishment upon any pupils while in attendance 
at schools, and shall not in any way l)e held responsible there- 
for. (Sec. 204.) 

TEACHEES' CONVENTIONS. 

23. The department may establish and maintain one or 
more teachers' conventions or institutes, or it may authorize 
and permit their establishment by and among its teachers, and 
may direct and authorize the attendance of teachers thereat, asi 
a part of their duties, and may permit the closing of schools 



at specified limited times, in order tx) permit their attendance 
at such conventions or institutes. (Sec. 205.) 

PUBLIC, PRIVATE. 

24. All schools established and maintained by the Depart- 
ment in accordance with la,w are public schools. All other 
schools established and conducted in compliance with law are 
pi-ivate schools. (Sec. 206 as amended by Act 40 S. L. 1907.) 

DEPARTMENT, POWERS AFD DUTIES. 

25. The department shall have entire charge and control 
and be responsible for the conduct of all affairs appertainins; to 
public instruction. The department is authorized to establish 
and maintain schools for secular instruction, at such places and 
for siTch terms as in its discretion it may deem advisable and 
the funds at its disposal may permit. The department shall 
reo^ulate the course (^f study to be pursued in all grades of public 
schools, and classify them by such methods as it shall deem 
proper. Such schools may include normRl schools, his^h schools, 
kindergarten schools, schools for technical instruction, boarding 
schools, evening as well as day schools. The department may 
also maintain classes for normal, technical and other instruction 
in any school w^here there may not be pupils sufficient in num- 
ber to justifv the establishment of separate schools for such 
purposes. (Sec. 207.) 

TUITION. 

26. There shall be no charge for tuition in any ]>ublic school ; 
Provided, hoAvever, that the department may in its discretion 
establish, maintain and discontinue select schools, taught in the 
English language, at a char2;e of such tuition fees for attendance 
as it may deem proper; provided, however, that such select 
schools shall be established only in places where free schools 
of the same grade for ])upils within the compulsory age are 
readily accessible to the children of such district. (Sec. 208.) 

PRIVATE, HOAV ESTABLISHED. 

27. Any person desiring to esitablish a private school within 
the Territory of Hawaii shall, prior to the establishment there- 



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of, make application in writing to the Department of Public 
Instruction of the Territory, which application shall be signed 
by the applicant or applicants and shall state in substance (1) 
the name or names of the persons desiring to establish such 
schools; (2) the proposed location thereof; and (3) the course 
of instruction and the langiiages in which such instruction is to 
be given. 

IJpon the receipt and approval of the application, the Depart- 
ment of Public Instruction shall issue to the person or persons 
applying therefor a permit in form to be by it approved, author- 
izing the establishment of such school ; and no private school 
shall be established within the Territory except in conformity 
with this Chapter. 

All persons conducting schools within the Territory other 
than public schools shall on or before the first day of October, 
190Y, file with the Department of Public Instruction a state- 
ment in writing signed by the person or persons conducting 
such school, showing (1) the name or names of the persons in 
charge thereof; (2) the location; (3) the course of instruction 
and the languages in which such instruction is given. 

Upon the receipt of such statement and approval by the De- 
partment of Public Instruction of the course of study and in- 
struction given, the Department of Public Instruction shall 
issue to the person or persons in charge of said school a cer- 
tificate, in form to be by said Department of Public Instruc- 
tion prescribed, recognizing such school as a private school with- 
in the meaning of this Chapter. 

Attendance at any school established or maintained ^\dthout 
complying with the terms of this Section shall not be considered 
attendance at a public or private school within the meaning of 
this Chapter. (Sec. 209, Amended by Act 48, S. L. 190Y.) 

SUPEHVISED BY DEPARTMENT. 

28. Every private school shall be subject to the supervision 
of the department. It shall be the duty of the department to 
require that teachers of private schools be persons of good 
moral character; and that the premises of such schools comply 
with the rules and regulations of the department, as from time 
tO' time promulgated with regard to sanitary conditions and 
hygiene. (Sec. 210.) 



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E:NraLisH language, basis i^STHucTioisr. 

29. The English huignage shall he the medium and basis of 
instruction in all ])ublie and private schools within the Terri- 
tory and any school where English is not the medium and basis 
of instruction shall not be recognized as a public or private 
school* within the provisions' of this chapter and attendance 
thereat shall not be considered attendance at school in com- 
pliance with law. Provided, however, that where it is desired 
that another language shall be taught in addition to the Eng- 
lish language, such instruction may be authorized by the de- 
partment, by direct order in any particular instance. (Sec. 
211, Amended by Act 47, S. L. 1907.) 

COMPULSOKY ATTEND AN"CE. 

30. The attendance of all children from six to seventeen 
years of age, at either a public or private school, is obligatory, 
and it shall be incumbent upon all parents, guardians, and oth- 
ers having the responsibility and care of children of such ages, 
to send them to some such school ; provided that when a child 
has reached the as'e of twelve years and has not completed the 
fourth grade of the primary school, he shall be eligible for in- 
struction only in an industrial school or vocational school, pro- 
vided there is such a school within four miles of his home or 
suitable transportation to such a school has been provided ; and 
provided also, that such attendance shall not be compulsorv in 
the following cases: 

FIRST. Where the distance to the nearest school exceeds 
four miles and no suitable transportation is provided ; 

SECOND : When such child shall be physically or mentally 
unable to attend school, of which fact the certificate of a duly 
licensed physician shall be sufficient evidence ; 

THIRD : When a com])etent person is employed as tutor in 
the family wherein such child resides and proper instruction is 
thereby imparted ; 

FOURTH : When any child of not less than the age of 
thirteen years shall have passed the required examinations of 



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both i)riniary and grammar grades, as such requirements shall 

from time to time exist, pro\dded he shall be suitably employed ; 

FIFTH: When any child of not less than fifteen years of 

age is suitably employed under the direction of his parent or 



guardian. 



TRUAISTT OFFICERS- 



SI. It shall be the duty of each deputy sheriff, or such police 
officers as he shall designate, to not less than once each week 
visit each public school within the county district of which he 
is deputy sheriff, to ascertain from the teacher or other officer 
or agent of the Department of Public Instruction in charge 
thereof what children, if any, of school age persist in absenting 
themselves from such school. 

^ Upon complaint made to any deputy sheriff by any teacher or 
otlier officer or agent, of the Department of Public Instruction 
of the Territory of Hawaii that any child of school age has per- 
sisted in absenting himself from any school located within the 
county district of which he is deputy sheriff, such deputy sheriff 
shall immediately ascertain the whereabouts of such child and 
the cause of his absence from school and report the same in 
writing to the teacher or other officer or agent of the Depart- 
ment of Public Instruction making such complaint. (Sec. 213 A, 
Act 120, S. L. 190Y.) 

PEIsTALTY. 

32. If any child of school age shall persist in absenting him- 
self or herself from school, any District ^lagistrate shall upon 
a proper complaint being made by the School Teacher or any 
other officer or agent of the Department, cause such child and 
the father or mother, guardian or other person having the 
charge of such child, to be summoned to appear before such 
magistrate, and upon its being proved that the person respons- 
ible for the child had not used proper diligence to enforce the 
child's regular attendance at school, such responsible party shall 
be punished by a fine in a sum not less than Five and not ex- 
ceeding Fifty dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than 
two months. In case the child shall prove the offending party, 
the Magistrate shall send him or her to a reformatory or in- 
dustrial school for a term of not less than six months or more 



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than two years, or otherwise sentence him or her to a fine not 
exceeding Five Dollars; provided, however, that the provisions 
of this section shall not apply to any child not liable to com- 
pulsory attendance at school. (Act 35, S. L. 1907.) 

atteistda:rce, private schools. 

33. 'No person within school age shall be considered as com- 
plying with the law as to attendance, who shall attend a private 
school which does not comply with the requirements of this 
chapter. (Sec. 214.) 

SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 

34. For the better control and management of the public 
schools, the department is authorized to designate school dis- 
tricts to establish their boundaries, and to alter the same from 
time to time as in its discretion it deems most advisable. These 
districts shall be so arranged that there shall be no unassig-ned 
locality. (Sec. 215.) 

ATTEITD SCHOOL IN WHAT DISTRICT. 

35. All persons of school age shall be required to attend the 
school of the district in which they reside, unless it shall appear 
to the department to be desirable to allow the attendance of 
pupils at a school in some other district, in which case the de- 
partment or school agent of that district may grant such per- 
mission. (Sec. 216.) 

RECORD OF PUPILS. 

36. The teachers of all schools, either public or private, 
shall keep a correct register of the names, sex, age and nation- 
ality, as far as ascertainable, date of entering the school, and 
the places of residence of the children attending their respective 
schools, and no teacher of any school shall grant a release to 
any child under fifteen years of age, who shall be registered as 
attending his school, for the purpose of attending another school, 
unless the consent and approval of the parents or guardians 



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of such child shall be given in writing to the teacher, or imless 
authorized to grant such release by the school agent of the dis- 
trict fox good reasons shown to his satisfaction. In every such 
case a certificate in writing shall be granted to the teacher set- 
ting forth the facts in the case. The register shall be care- 
fully preserved, and as often as the department shall direct, the 
register or a true copy thereof shall be filed in the office of the 
department. (Sec. 217.) 

tra:nsfek to a^tother school. 

37. 'No' teacher of any school, either public or private, shall 
receive into his school any child under fifteen years of age, who 
shall have attended another school of the same class in the same 
district, unless such chikl shall produce to tlie teacher of the 
school to be entered, a certificate of release signed by the teacher 
of the school last attended by the child. If such child apply 
to attend a school of higher grade, a certificate of proficiency 
shall be required or a. lawful excuse for its absence; provided, 
that the children from one district desiring to enter a school in 
another district, may be received or admitted upon producing a 
certificate of release from the school last attended in such other 
district. The teacher of any such school Avho' shall violate any 
of the provisions of this or of Section 217 shall, upon conviction 
thereof, be subject to a fine not exceeding ten dollars for each 
offense. (Sec. 218.) 

BOOKS. 

38. The department shall furnish all necessary books re- 
quired for the use of pupils in their respective grades, charging 
therefor their cost price. All pupils must be supplied by their 
parents or giiardians, or other persons having the custody or care 
of such pupils, with books requisite for their use. And in case 
pupils shall not be so supplied, the Department may furnish 
such books, and require the parents or giiardians to make pay- 
ment therefor. If such payment shall not be promptly made 
the Department shall notify the tax assessor of the district in 
which the school is located, who shall enter the amount due as 
a portion of the tax to be collected of such parents or guardians, 
and the payment of such amount, together with interest and 



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costs, shall be enforced as in the case of delinquent taxes. In 
cases of extreme poiverty, the cost of all books may be remitted 
by the department; provided, that in such cases the use only 
of such books shall be authorized, and when the pupils shall 
have finished the use of the same, the books shall be returned to 
the Department. (Sec. 219.) 

PROCEEDS TO TREASURER. 

39. All moneys received for the sale of books, shall from 
time to time be paid over to the treasnrer with a definite state- 
ment of what they represent. (Sec. 221.) 

SCHOOL SITES, BUILDINGS, FURISriTURE, ETC. 

4:0. Authority is hereby granted to the department to trans- 
fer to the general government all its property, real, personal, 
or mixed, reserving, however, the management and control of 
all church sites, school sites, and school buildings, furniture and 
appliances. 

All rights, duties and powers belonging to the board of edu- 
cation prior to June 8, 1896, are to be exercised and performed 
by the Department. (Sec. 222.) 

SITES ON PUBLIC LANDS. 

41. Whenever a site for a schol house or land for other edu- 
cational purposes, as provided by law, shall be required, and the 
same can be located upon public land, the commissioner of pub- 
lic lands, upon the recommendation of the department and ap- 
proval of the governor, may set apart sufiicient land for such 
purpose without compensation ; and, thereupon the commissioner 
of ]:)ublic lands shall be relieved from all further responsibility 
or liability in regard to the premises so set apart, (Sec. 223.) 

PURPOSES FOR TAKING PRIVATE PROPERTY. 

42. Private property may be taken for the following pur- 
poses, which are declared to be public uses, to-wit : sites for pub- 
lic buildings, schools and school recreation grounds. (Sec. 491, 
S. L. 1909, Act 10.) 



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AGKICULTURAL AND IN^DIJSTRIAL PURSUITS IN 

SCHOOLS. 

43. It shall be lawful for the department of public instruc- 
tion to include agricultural and industrial pursuits among the 
branches of instruction taught by the public schools of the Ter- 
ritory. (Sec. 224, Chap. 18.) 

AS PRESCRIBED BY DEPARTMENT. 

44. The department of public instruction shall have power 
to prescribe the manner and designate the places in which such 
pursuits shall be conducted, and also to determine the extent to 
which they shall be followed, either generally or to suit par- 
ticular cases. (Sec. 225.) 

USING PUBLIC LANDS. 

45. For the purpose of this chapter it shall be lawful for 
the department of public instruction after due notice to the 
commissioner of public lands or superintendent of public works, 
as the case may be, to use free of rent, as much of any govern- 
ment land, not otherwise employed, as shall be advantageously 
cultivated by the teachers and pupils of any public school, and 
the teachers and pupils aforesaid shall have the right to con- 
tinue to cultivate such government land so long as the same 
shall not be othenvise disposed of by the commissioner of public 
lands, or superintendent of public works, as the case may be, 
or otherwise ordered by the department of public instruction ; 
and in case of disposal of the same by the commissioner of 
public lands or superintendent of public w^orks, as the case may 
be, sufficient notice shall be given to enable the removal of im- 
provements, and the gathering of growing crops, without loss 
to the owners thereof. (Sec. 226.) 

OTHER LANDS. 

46. Whenever it shall deem the same desirable the depart- 
ment of public instruction may also acquire, on such terms as 
may be agreed upon, land other than government, that may be 
advantageously employed, for the purposes herein stated. (Sec. 
227.) 



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PEOFITS TO TEACHERS AKD PUPILS. 

47. All net profits arising from agricnltnral and industrial 
pursuits, under this chapter, shall belong to the teachers and 
pupils actually engaged; in such jnirsuits, and shall be divided 
among the same in such proportions as the department of pub- 
lic instruction shall deem proper; but the provisions of this 
section shall not be deemed applicable to schools otherwise 
regulated by law. (Sec. 228.) 

PEOCEEDS FEOM SPECIAL SCHOOLS. 

48. All moneys arising from agricultural and industrial 
pursuits at the Lahainaluna school, and the Boys' and Girls' In- 
dustrial schools, respectively, except such moneys as go to the 
pupils earning the same, shall, upon receipt thereof, be paid 
into the Territorial Treasury, and equal amounts are hereby 
appropriated out of the moneys in the Treasury for the use of 
the Department of Public Instruction to be expended by it in 
the care, maintenance and operation of such schools, respective- 
ly. (Act 37, S. L. 1911.) 

PUBLIC SCHOOL LAWS EELATE TO THIS CHAPTEE. 

49. All laws for the government, discipline and welfare of 
the public schools of the Territory, shall in their operation be 
construed to include the enforcement of the provisions of this 
chapter in relation to agricultural and industrial pursuits in 
said schools. (Sec 229, Chap. 18.) 

OTHEE SCHOOLS. 

50. It shall be lawful for the department of public instruc- 
tion to institute and establish industrial and reformatory 
schools in any part of the Territory, when the same shall be 
deemed necessary^ and, when funds shall be available by legis- 
lative appropriation, for that object. All such schools shall be 
conducted under the direction and supervision of the depart- 
ment of public instruction. (Sec. 231.) 



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RULES AND REGULATIOlSrS. 

51. The department, of public instruction shall have full 
authority to prescribe rules and regulations, not contrary to law, 
for the government, discipline and care of all industrial and re- 
formatory schools, continued, established, or instituted under 
this chapter. (Sec. 232.) 

RECORDS. 

52. The department of public instruction shall cause to be 
kept in every industrial and reformatory school a journal, in 
which shall be regularly entered the reception, discharge, re- 
lease, escape or death of each of the inmates, together with all 
the particulars relating to such as shall be apprenticed, adopted 
or put out to work. An exact account shall also be kept by the 
principal of each of the said schools, of all moneys and other 
avails received for work performed by the children, as well as 
of the expenditure of such moneys and avails as shall be author- 
ized from time to time by the department of public instruction. 
(Sec. 233.) 

OBJECT. 

53. The only object of the said industrial and reformatoiy 
schools shall be the detention, management, education, employ- 
ment, reformation and maintenance of such children as shall 
be committed thereto, who shall be surrendered to the depart- 
ment of public instruction as guardians thereof, for the term 
of their minority, or who shall be received at such schools as by 
law provided. (Sec. 234.) 

COMMITMENT. 

54. The District Magistrates, Circuit Courts and Circuit 
Judges may commit all offenders duly convicted before them, 
under eighteen years of age, to said' industrial and reform 
school, for any term within their minority in all cases where 
they shall deem such sentence to be more suitable than the pun- 
ishment otherwise authorized bv law. (Sec. 235, Amended by 
Act 30, S. L. 1907.) 



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IDLE OR DISSOLUTE CHILDREN UlSTDER 
EIGHTEEN, 

55. The said District Magistrates, Circuit Courts and Cir- 
cuit Judges, on the representation of any member of the depart- 
ment of public instruction, its agents, the attorney-general or 
his authorized deputy, the high sheriff or his deputy, or a, sheriff 
or deputy sheriff, shall have power to hear and determine any 
case, and to sentence for any term within their minoTity to 
some industrial and reformatory school, any child under 
eighteen years of age, who lives an idle or dissolute life, whose 
parents are dead, or if living, from dr,unkenness or other vices 
or causes, shall neglect to provide suitable employment for, or 
exercise salutary control over such child. (Sec. 236, amended 
by Act 150, S. L. 1911.) 

SURRENDER OE CHILD TO DEPARTMENT. 

56. The department of 23ublic instruction, or its agents, if 
authorized by the said department, shall have power to accept 
from the parents or guardian of any child, the surrender of 
such child for the term of his or her minority, to be entered at 
some industrial and reformatory school; and all the rights of 
parents or guardians, to keep, control, educate, employ, inden- 
ture or discharge such child,, shall vest solely in the department 
of public instruction. (Sec. 237.) 

FEES CHARGED, WHEN. 

57. It shall be lawful for the department of public instruc- 
tion, in its discretion, to receive into such industrial and re- 
formatory schools the children under eighteen years of age of 
parents, guardians or adoptive parents, who shall desire 'the 
same; and the said department is hereby authorized to charge 
fees, or remit the same in special cases, for the chiklren so ad- 
mitted, as in the judgment of the said department shall seem 
proper. (Sec. 238, Amended by Act 150, S. L. 1911.) 

COMMITMENTS DIRECTED TO DEPARTMENT. 

58. All commitments to industrial and reformatory schools 



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shall be directed to the department of public instruction or its 
authorized agents in the respective districts, but the high sheriff 
of the Territory or his deputies shall be charged by such com- 
mitments with the execution of all orders for the custody and 
safe-keeping of the children committed to the said industrial 
and reformatory schools, until delivered over to the principal 
of the school to which such children shall have been committed, 
and shall defray all expenses attending the conveyance of . such 
children to their place of destination, from the funds under 
his or their control available for soich purposes. (Sec. 239.) 

DUTIES OF PRINCIPALS. 

■ 59. The principals of said school shall receive and detain at 
said industrial and reformatory schools all children who shall 
be committed thereto, or placed therein, as provided in Sec- 
tions 235-238, and they shall be charged with the detention and 
custody of all children so committed or admitted, and with the 
execution of all orders, as well as process of court, respecting 
such children. (Sec. 240.) 

LABOR BY CHILDREI^. 

60. It shall be lawful for the department of public instruc- 
tion, or its agents, if authorized by said department, to bind 
out as apprentices, with their consent, all children over ten years 
of age, Avho shall be committed or surrendered for their minor- 
ity, and who shall have been admitted at any industrial and re- 
formatory school, to such useful trades, employments, or oc- 
cupations as shall be suitable to their years and capacity, and as 
in the judgment of the said department will tend to the future 
benefit and advantage of such children'. (Sec. 241.) 

PUT OLTT TO LABOR, WHEI^. 

61. Whenever it can be found that apprenticeships cannot be 
obtained, or suitable employment be provided at any industrial 
and reformatory school, for child,ren over fifteen years of age, 
who shall have been committed or surrendered thereto for their 
minority, or sentenced for a shorter time, for any crime or mis- 
demeanor, the department of public instruction, or its agents, if 



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authorized by said department, shall have authority to* put them 
out to labor to families, or other suitable persons, upon such 
terms and conditions as in the opinion of the said department 
shall be deemed proper. (Sec. 242.) 

ABDUCTIO^T^ DESEKTIOI^. 

62. Any person who shall secretly or illegally abduct, or 
who shall be accessory to the secret or illegal abduction of any 
child from an industrial and reformatory school, shall be fined 
not exceeding one hundred dollars, or imprisoned at hard labor 
not exceeding one year. (Sec. 243.) 

EISTTICING, ETC., PEI^ALTY. 

63. Any person who shall knowingly or intentionally entice 
away any child from any industrial and reformatory school, or 
who shall knowungly harbor or secrete any child who shall have 
been enticed away, or who shall have deserted from any such 
school, or who shall have left or forsaken his guardian or em- 
ployer without permission, shall be fined not exceeding one 
hundred dollars. (Sec. 244.) 

HIGH SHERIFF TO ASSIST. 

64. It shall be incumbent on the high sheriff or any of his 
deputies to assist, as far as in their power lies, in the appre- 
hension and recovery of deserters from any industrial and re- 
formatory school, when requested to do so by the department of 
public instruction, its agents, or the principal of any such 
school ; and likewise to assist, as far as possible, in enforcing 
order and maintaining d,isci])line therein, should circumstances 
at any time arise necessitating the exercise of such authority. 
(Sec.'245.) 

DISCHARGE, BY WHOM. 

65. The department of ]^ublic instruction shall have power, 
for good reasons shown to its satisfaction, to discharge or tem- 
porarily rtdease any child committed to or admitted at any in- 
dustrial and reformatory school, upon such terms and condi- 



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tions as shall be approved by the Department. (Sec. 246, 
Amended by Act 150, S. L. 1911.) 

TRANSFER TO JAIL. 

66. Whenever it shall be found that the continued deten- 
tion or custody of any inmate of any industrial and reform- 
atory school at such school shall be subversive of the order and 
discipline of the school, or injurious in any way to the other 
inmates of the institution, it shall be lawful for any district 
magistrate, on representation to that effect being made by any 
member of the department of public instruction, its authorized 
agents, or the principal teacher of any such school, to hear and 
determine any such case, and if proved to his satisfaction, said 
magistrate is hereby authorized, in the place of further deten- 
tion or custody at such school, to order that such minor if he 
be of the age of fourteen years or more, be imprisoned, with 
or without hard labor, at some public jail for any term not ex- 
ceeding the unexpired residue of the time for which such in- 
mate shall have been last committed to such industrial and re- 
formatory school. (Sec. 24Y.) 

TRANSFER BACK OR DISCHARGE. 

67. If at any time after the commitment or transfer, as in 
Section 247 authorized,, of any inmate of an industrial and re- 
formatory school to a public jail, it shall be found that such 
minor by his conduct gives reasonable proof of reformation, or 
for other good reason that shall be made to appear, it shall be 
lawful for any district, magistrate, after receiving satisfactory 
evidence thereof, to order the discharge of such minor from 
jail, or to return him to the custody of the department of pub- 
lic instruction at some industrial and reformatory school, when- 
ever requested so to do by a member of the department of 
public instruction, or by its authorized agents. (Sec. 248.) 

COSTS. 

68. All costs incurred under the provisions of Sections 247, 
248, shall be paid by the department of public instruction out 
of any funds appropriated for industrial and reformatory 
schools. (Sec. 249.) 



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AGE OF MAJORITY. 

69. All male persons residing in this Territory who shall 
have attained the age of twenty years, and all females who 
shall have attained the age of eighteen years, shall be regarded 
as of legal age and their period of minority to have ceased. 
(Sec. 2285, Chap. 148.) 

CHILDEEN^'S DUTIES; PE,NALTY FOU DISOBEDI- 

EIsrCE. 

70. It shall be the duty of all children within the years of 
legal majority to obey all the lawful and moral commands of 
their parents, respecting first, as most obligatory, those of the 
father, and next those of the mother; and if adopted, as by 
law allowed, the lawful and . moral commands of the parents 
by adoption ; and in default of natural or adopted parents, the 
lawful and moral commands of the guardians appointed ac- 
cording to law; and in case of continued, wilful and obstinate 
disobedience on the part of a child, it shall be lawful for any 
district magistrate, upon complaint being made by any parent 
or guardian, to cause the said child to be arrested and brought 
before him ; and should it appear to the said magistrate that 
such child is guilty of continued, wilful and obstinate disobedi- 
ence, he shall sentence the said child to imprisonment at hard 
labor for a tenu not exceeding ten days ; provided, however, 
that no child under ten years of age shall be amenable to the 
provisions of this section. (Sec. 2289.) 

PAHEXTS' CONTROL AND DUTIES'; BINDING OUT 
OF CHILD BY JUDGE. 

71. Parents, that is to say, first the father and then the 
mother, or, in case they be both dead, guardians, legally ap- 
pointed, shall have control over the actions the conduct and the 
education of their children within the years of legal majority; 
they shall have the right at all times to recover possession of 
their children by habeas corpus, and to chastise them mod- 
erately for their good; and it shall be the duty of all parents 
and guardians to set a good example before their children; to 
provide, to the best of their ability, for their support and edu- 



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cation; to see that they are instructed in a knowledge of the 
Christian religion; to use their Lest endeavors to keep them 
from idleness and vice of all kinds; and to inculcate upon them 
habits of industry, economy and loyalty ; and it shall be lawful 
for any judge of any circuit court of this Territory, on a com- 
plaint being laid before him against any parent, that he or she 
is encouraging their children in ignorance and vice, to summon 
such parents before him ; and, upon its being proved to his sat- 
isfaction, to bind out such child, within the years of legal ma- 
jqrity, to some person of good moral character, to be well sup- 
ported, trained to good habits,, and taught at least the rudi- 
ments of loiowledge. (Sec. 2290.) 

CURFEW LAW. 

72. Any child under fifteen years of age who, except in 
case of necessity, shall go or remain on any public street or 
highway after seven o'clock in the evening and before four 
o'clock in the morning, unaccompanied by an adult person, 
shall be punished by a fine of not more than five dollars, or 
bv imprisonment not exceeding ten days at the Reform School. 
(Sec. 2291 Amended by Act 34 S. L. 1907.) 

Any parent or guardian, having the care, custody and con- 
trol of a child under fifteen years of age, who, except in case 
of necessity, shall knowingly and voluntarily suffer or permit 
such child to go or remain on any public street or highway after 
nine o'clock in the evening and before four o'clock in the morn- 
ing, unaccompanied by an adult person, shall be punished by a 
fine of not more than ten dollars, or by imprisonment not ex- 
ceeding twenty days. (Sec. 2292.) 

All keepers of coffee, victualing, liquor and billiard saloons 
and bowling alleys, and also sugar mills, are hereby strictly for- 
bidden to allow any school children, boys or girls, to remain 
upon their premises any time between the hours of sunset and 
sunrise, unless the same be accompanied by their parents or 
guardians. Any keeper of a coffee, victualing, liquor or bil- 
liard saloon or bowling alley uiion whose premises any school 
child, boy or girl, may be found between the hours above named, 
unless the same be accompanied by its parents or guardian, 
shall be deemed guilty of an offense, and shall be punished by 



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a fine of not more than twenty dollars, upon conviction, and 
his license may be revoked by the treasurer, in his discretion. 
(Sec. 2293.) 

If any keeper or keepers of any public places enumerated in 
section 2293 shall find difticulty in clearing their premises of 
school children, the same may call in the assistance of the 
police, who shall first order all such school children to return 
to their homes; and, if such order be not obeyed by the said 
children, the police shall proceed to apprehend all such chil- 
dren who shall not have proceeded to their homes and cause 
them to be detained in the lock-up over night, to be brought 
before the district magistrate on the following morning, to be 
punished according to the provisions of the law relating to 
truancy. (Sec. 2294.) 

FOR THE PREYENTIOIvr OF CRUELTY TO CIIIL- 

DREjST. 

73. Any person, who shall wilfully abandon or injure in 
health or limb any child under his legal control, or shall neglect 
to provide such child with suitable or necessary food or cloth- 
ing, or shall cruelly or unreasonably strike, beat, flog or chas- 
tise any such child, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon 
conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not exceeding two 
hundred dollars ($200) or imprisoned for a term not exceed- 
ing six (6) months. (Act 21, S. L. 1907.) 

HEALTH CERTIFICATES FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN 
AND TEACHERS. 

74. The scholars and teachers in all public and private 
schools throughout the Territory of Hawaii shall ju-ovide them- 
selves, within fourteen days after the opening of the annual 
school term, with certificates, signed by some duly licensed and 
competent physician, as to their freedom from contagious and 
infectious diseases. The district government physicians are in- 
structed to visit the several public schools in their districts and 
make the necessary examinations of those not provided with 
certificates, free of charge, during the period above specified. 
(Rules and Regulations Board of Health, Territorial Regula- 
tions 'No. 37.) 



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TO PEEVENT TUBERCULOSIS AND THE SPREAD 

THEREOE, 

75. N^o person who shall have contracted tuberculosis shall, 
while afflicted with such disease, be allowed to teach in any pub- 
lic or private school. (Act 118, Sect. 6, S. L. 1911.) 

COLLEGE OF HAWAII. 

Section 1. There is hereby established a college of agricul- 
ture and mechanic arts, to be known as the College of Hawaii, 
which shall be under the general charge of a board of regents, 
appointed in the manner prescribed in section 80 of the Or- 
ganic Act. 

^Section 2. The regents shall be residents of the Territory 
of Hawaii, and shall be appointed for terms of five years, or 
the unexpired periods thereof, in such manner that the term 
of one regent shall expire each year. Such terms shall begin 
on the first day of May in each year, and the terms of the pres- 
ent regents, in the order of their appointments, shall continue 
to and expire immediately preceding such day in each of the 
five years beginning with 1912. 

Section 3. The board of regents shall have the general man- 
agement and control of the affairs of the college. They shall 
have power to appoint a treasurer and such other officers as 
they deem necessary, and to require them to give bonds in such 
amounts as they may prescribe and in the form prescribed by 
law for bonds of public officers. They shall have power to pur- 
chase or otherwise acquire lands, buildings, a]ipliances and 
other property for the purpose of the college, and expend such 
sums of money as may be from time to time placed at the dis- 
posal of the college from whatever source. All lands, build- 
ings, appliances and other property so purchased or acquired 
shall be and remain the property of the TeiTitory of Hawaii, 
to be used in perpetuity for the benefit of the college. 

The grants of moneys and the purposes of said grants onthor- 
ized by the Acts of Congress, approved March 2, 1887, Aug-ust 
30, 1890, and March 16, 1906, respectively, known as the Hatch 
Act, the Second Morrill Act, and the Adams Act, respectively, 



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providing for agricultural experiment stations in connection 
with colleges of agriculture and mechanic arts, and by any 
other Act or Acts of Congress for similar purposes, are hereby 
assented to. 

Section 4. The purposes of the college are to give thorough 
instruction in agriculture, mechanic arts and the natural 
sciences connected therewith, and such instruction in other 
branches of advanced learning as the board of regents may 
from time to time prescribe, and to give such military instruc- 
tion as the Federal Government may require. The standard 
of instruction in each course shall be equal to that given and 
required by similar colleges on the mainland, and upon the 
successful completion of the prescribed course the board of 
regents are authorized to confer a corresponding degree upon 
all students who shall become entitled thereto. 

Section 5. 'No person shall, because of age, sex, color or 
nationality, be deprived of the privileges of this institution. 

Section 6. The faculty of the college shall be under the 
direction of a president, who shall be appointed by the board 
of regents. The members of the faculty shall be likewise 
appointed. 

Section 7. The official name of the board of regents shall 
be Board of Regents, College of Hawaii, and the board shall 
adopt and use a common seal, by which all official acts shall 
be authenticated. 

Section 8. The board of regents shall have the authority 
to sue in its official name, and shall be subject to be sued only 
in the manner provided for suits against the Territory of 
Hawaii. 

Section 9. Moneys a]^propriated by the Legislature for the 
College of Hawaii shall be payable by the territorial treasurer, 
upon warrants issued by the territorial auditor, upon vouchers 
approved by the board of regents. All moneys received by or 
on behalf of the board or college, other than those received 
from the United States Government, shall be i>aid into the 



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territorial treasury, and all such moneys are hereby appropri- 
ated for the use of the college. The board of regents shall 
cause to be kept suitable books of account, and shall annually 
submit to the Governor, to- be by him submitted to the Legis- 
lature, a statement showing its receipts from all sources and 
expenditures for all purposes. (Act 44, S. L. 1011.) 



A]Sr ACT 

To Provide for the Mainten^ance of the Public Schools. 
Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii: 

Section" 1. The Department of Public Instruction is here- 
by authorized, empowered, and directed to prepare a salary 
schedule to cover the compensation to be paid all teachers, super- 
visors, and principals. Such schedule shall be based upon a 
classification of schools, classification of teachers' certificates, 
and length of service, provided, however, that the schedule as to 
salaries of principals and supervisors shall be based also upon 
the number of teachers under their direction. Such schedule, 
when approved by the Governor, and published at least three 
times in some newspaper of general circulation, printed and 
published in Honolulu, shall have the force and effect of law. 
Such schedule may, from time to time, with like approval and 
publication, be altered, amended or revised. Hereafter all sal- 
aries of teachers supervisors and principals shall be paid ac- 
cording to such schedule. The total number of teachers, in- 
cluding supervisors and principals, who may be continuously 
employed by the Department in any one year shall not exceed 
one for every thirty-five (35) pupils enrolled in the public 
schools during the preceding year, provided, however, that the 
monthly pay-roll of teachers supenasors and princi]:)als, shall 
not exceed Forty-five Thousand Dollars ($45,000.00) per 
month plus Fifty Dollars ($50.00) additional for every thirty- 
five (35) children of school age added to tlie enrollment of the 
public schools after June 30, 1911. 



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Section^ 2. Prior to December 15, 1912, and every second 
year thereafter, the Department of Public Instruction shall 
prepare a bndget, to be known as the School Budget, shoAving 
the estimated expenses, other than salaries of teachers, super- 
visors, and principals, of the Public Schools and of such De- 
partment for the next ensuing biennial period. Such budget 
shall be in the following form: 

GE^sTEEAL FUND. 

Salary of Stiperintendent. 

Salaries of Office Force. 

Greneral Expenses. 

Supplies. 

Libraries! and Books. 

Industrial and Manual Training. 

Maintenance of Special Schools. 

SPECIAL FUJ^TD. 

'Naw buildings (school houses, cottages and outbuildings). 

Kepairs and maintenance of buildings and grounds and new 
grounds. 

Janitor service. 

Furniture and fixtures. 

Section 3. Kot later than December 15, 1912, and every 
second year thereafter, such budget shall be submitted by the 
Superintendent of Public Instruction to a Committee of Esti- 
mates, consisting of the Secretary of the Territory, who shall 
be chairman, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the 
Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu and the Chairmen 
of the Boards of Supervisors of the several counties. Such 
Committee shall meet in Honolulu at the call of the chairman, 
and shall consider such budget. It may, in its discretion, re- 
vise or change any item appearing under the general heading 



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''Special Fund," Init it shall not change any item appearing un- 
der the heading "General Fund." The members of such Com- 
mittee shall serve without pa.y., but shall be entitled to their 
actual traA^eling expenses, to be paid out of the funds provided 
for the general expenses of the Department, ^ot later than 
January 15, 1913, and every second year thereafter, such bud- 
get, as revised by the Committee of Estimates, shall be submit- 
ted to the Governor of the Territory who shall submit the same 
without change, but with his own recommendations, to the Leg- 
islature wdthin ten days after the opening of its next regular 
session. In case the Committee of Estimates fails to act upon 
the school budget within the time above specified.^ the Super- 
intendent of Public Instruction shall submit the budget, as pre- 
pared by the Department, to the Governor as aforesaid^ and he 
shall, as aforesaid, submit the same to the Legislature. Such 
budget, w^hen acted upon by the Legislature, shall determine the 
amounts which may be expended for such purj)oses during the 
succeeding biennial period. 

Section 4. All revenues, derived from time to time from 
the collection of the school tax levied under the provisions of 
Section 1200 of the Revised Laws of Hawaii, shall be deemed 
to be and are hereby appropriated for the payment of the sal- 
aries of teachers, supervisors and principals, as detennined by 
the salary schedule, and for the supiwrt and maintenance of the 
]niblic schools within the county or city and county where such 
taxes are collected for the objects and in the manner designated 
|in the school budget approved by the Legislature, which are 
hereby made the first charge upon such revenues. 

Section 5. Out of the revenues, derived from time to time 
from the taxes on real property and personal property, there 
shall be* deemed to be and is hereby appropriated, such an 
amount as shall be necessary to provide sufficient additional 
funds to meet the requirements of the aggregate of the salaries 
of teachers, supervisors and principals as fixed by said schedule 
and of said school budget, which are hereby made the first 
charge upon such revenues. In order to determine the amounts 
to be added under this Section, the Superintendent of Public 
Instruction shall notify the Treasurer, in writing, not later 
than September 1 in each year, of the total number of teachers, 



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pervisors and principals engaged for the ensuing year and 
tlie aggregate of the sahiries to be paid them under the salary 
schedule. 

Section 6. The Treasurer of the Territory shall, from 
time to time as may be necessary, pay over to the Treasurer of 
the several counties, and the Treasurer of the City and County 
of Honolulu, as the case may be, the amounts approved by the 
Legislature for the items of the '^Special Fund" of the budget 
for '^I^'ew Buildings (school houses, cottages" and outbuild- 
ings)'' and for ^'Repairs and maintenance of buildings and 
grounds and new grounds." Such amounts shall constitute 
and be held as special funds in the treasuries of the said several 
counties and the City and County of Honolulu and shall be ex- 
pended by their respective Boards of Supervisors only for the 
purposes approved by the Legislature. New buildings shall be 
erected in accordance with plans and specifications approved by 
the Department of Public Instruction, only as to size, arrange- 
ment, dimensions, lighting of rooms and sanitary conveniences. 
The other items constituting the school budget shall be expend- 
ed from time to time on vouchers approved by the Superinten- 
dent of Public Instruction. 



JUVENILE ACT. 

To Define and Regulate the Treatment and Control of 
Dependent and Delinquent Children. 

Be it Enacted hij the Legislature of the Territory of Hawmi: 

Section 1. For the purposes of this Act, the words ''de- 
pendent child" shall mean any minor who, for any reason, is 
destitute or homeless ot abandoned or dependent upon the pub- 
lic foT support or who has no proper parental care or guard- 
ianship or whose home, by reason of neglect, cruelty or de- 
pravity on the part of its parent, guardian, ot other person in 
whose care it may be is an unfit place for such child ; and the 



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words ^^delinqiieiit child" shall mean any minor who violates 
any law of the Territory or any city or county ordinance, 
or who is incorrigible, vicious or immoral, or who is grow- 
ing up in idleness or crime, or who is an habitual truant 
from school, or who habitually wanders about the streets in 
public places during school hours without lawful occupation 
or employment. Any dependent or delinquent child may be 
proceeded against in the manner hereinafter provided. Any 
evidence given in any cause as hereinafter provided shall not in 
any civil, criminal or other cause in any court be lawful or 
proper evidence against such child for any purpose whatever 
except in subsequent cases against the same child under this 
act. Proceedings under this act shall not be deemed to be crim- 
inal proceedings and such proceedings under this act shall not 
prevent the trial by criminal procedure in the proper courts of 
children over fourteen years of age charged with the commis- 
sion of a felony. 

Section 2. The circuit judges sitting in chambers shall 
have original jurisdiction in all cases under this act and, the 
court held by any such judge under this act shall be termed the 
Juvenile Court; provided, that in any circuit where there is 
more than one judge, the chief justice shall designate one of 
them to be the judge of the juvenile court. In case of the ab- 
sence, inability or disqualification of the judge any other circuit 
judge may act in his place by assignment of the chief justice. 

Sectioi^ 3. All examinations or trials under this act shall be 
held in the court room or in chambers or in a room in the court 
house or in any suitable apartment. The proceedings and find- 
ings of the court shall be entered in a book or books to be kept 
for that purpose and to be known as the juvenile record. The 
judge may exclude any person whose presence he deems pre- 
judical to the interests of the child, when such person does not 
have an interest in the case. 

Sectioa^ 4. Upon the filing Avith the judge of a sworn peti- 
tion, setting forth upon knoAvledge or uppn information and 
belief facts showing that any child under eighteen years of 
age, resident Avithin the circuit, is a delinquent or dependent 
child, the judge may, before further proceedings are held in the 



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case, give notice thereof to a duly appointed probation officer 
who shall have opportunity allowed him to investigate the facts. 
In such case the probation officer shall immediately proceed to 
make a full examination of the parentage and surrovTudings of 
the child and all the facts of the case and report the same to the 
judge in writing, and, if after full investigation it shall appear 
to the judge that the public interest and the interest of the 
child will be best subserved thereby, a summons shall issue, re- 
citing the substance of the petition and requiring the person or 
persons having custody or control of the child,, or with whom 
the child may be, to appear with the child, at a place and time 
which shall be stated in the summons, and if such person is 
other than the parent or guardian of such child, then such parent 
or guardian shall be notified of the pendency of the case, if he 
is a resident of the circuit and can be found. If ' any person 
summoned as herein provided shall fail, without reasonable 
cause, to appear with the child or to comply with the order of 
the judge, he may be proceeded against for contempt of court. 
In case the summons cannot be served or the parties summoned 
fail to obey the summons, and in any case where it shall ap- 
pear to the court that such summons might be ineffectual, upon 
complaint on oath in writing a similar summons as near as may 
be, may issue to the child or a warrant of arrest may issue, re- 
citing the substance of the complaint and requiring the officer 
to whom is it directed to bring such child before the judge to 
be dealt with according to law, and such child may be com- 
mitted to a probation officer or such other person as the judge 
may designate, pending the final disposition of the case. On the 
return of the summons or warrant, or as soon thereafter as may 
be, the judge shall proceed to hear and dispose of the case, ana 
if the allegations against the child are proved, the court may 
adjudge the child a delinquent or dependent child as the case 
may be. If it shall appear to the judge that the public inter- 
ests and the interests of such child will be best subserved there- 
by, he may order the return of the child to its parents or guard- 
ians or friends, or he may place it, if delinquent, under proba- 
tion as hereinafter provided and in all cases he may decree the 
child found delinquent or dependent to be the ward of the 
court as far as its person is concerned, and in such cases, where 
any child has been decreed to be the ward of the court, the 
authority of the judge over its person shall continue until the 



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judge shall otherwise decree. The child found delinquent may 
be placed on probation for such time during its minority and 
upon such conditions as the judge may determine and such 
child so released on probation may be furnished with a written 
statement of the terms and conditions of release. At any time 
during the probationary term of a child released on probation 
as aforesaid, the judge may, in his discretion, revoke or termi- 
nate the probation. If at any time before discharge the child 
be found to be willfully wayward, incorrigible or unmanage- 
able and in any case upon an adjudication of delinquency, if 
in the opinion of the judge the welfare of the child and the 
public interests so require, the judge may cause it to be sent 
to the Industrial School for Boys or the Industrial School for 
Grirls, or to any institution authorized by law to receive such 
child. And in such case, the report, if any, of the probation of- 
ficer shall be attached to the mittimus and the child shall be 
placed in charge of some person desigTiated by the judge tO' be 
conveyed to the institutioii, provided that when a girl is to be 
conveyed to any institution, the judge shall, when deemed ad- 
visable, appoint a suitable woman to accompany such girl. 

Section 5. Whenever any child under the age of eighteen 
years is arrested with or without warrant, such child shall, 
when reasonably practicable in view of the distance, expense 
and other considerations, and in any case where the juvenile 
court shall so direct, be taken before the juvenile court and the 
officer making the arrest shall unless some other person shall do 
so, make and file a petition against such child as hereinbefore 
provided and the judge shall proceed to hear and determine the 
matter in like manner as hereinbefore provided. If, during 
the pendency of any criminal case against any child in any 
district court of the Territory, it shall appear that the child is 
under the age of eighteen years, it shall be the duty of the dis- 
trict magistrate before whom such case is pending, to transfer, 
when reasonably practicable, or as the juvenile court may di- 
rest, such case, together with all papers connected therewith to 
the said court. Upon such transfer the judge may proceed to 
hear and dispose of the case as hereinbefore provided. 

Section 6. When any child under the age of eighteen years 
shall be found to be a dependent child, the judge may make 



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an order committing the child to the care of some suitable in- 
stitution or to the care of some reputable citizen of good moral 
character, or to the care of the industrial school provided by 
law. The judge shall, when the health or condition of the 
child shall require, cause the child to be placed in a public hos- 
pital or institution for treatment. 

Section 7. No child under the age of fourteen years shall 
be confined in any jail or police station, either before, during 
or after the trial, but may be committed to the care or custody 
of any suitable person or duly appointed probation officer, who 
shall keep such child in some suitable place approved by the 
judge, outside of the inclosure of any jail or police station. No 
child under eighteen years of age, while under arrest, con- 
finement or conviction for any crime, shall be placed in any 
apartment or cell or any prison, jail, or place of confinement 
with any adult who shall be under arrest, confinement or con- 
viction for any offense or be permitted to remain in any court 
room during the trial of adults or be transported in any ve- 
hicle of transportation in company with adults charged with 
or convicted of any offense. Any person violating any pro- 
vision of this section shall upon conviction thereof be fined 
not more than Fifty Dollars, or imprisoned for not more than 
thirty days. 

Section 8. All children, while under the orders of the 
judge, shall be in the care and custody of the probation officer 
or such other person as the judge may designate and all neces- 
sary expense incurred in the proper care of the children during 
the pendency of the proceedings shall be paid, out of such moneys 
as may be appropriated by the legislature for the ex]:)enses of 
the circuit courts. No judge or probation officer shall be enti- 
tled to or receive any compensation for any services performed 
under this act. 

Section 9. The existino^ laws relatino; to iuvenile delin- 
quents or offenders shall continue in force except in so far as 
they are inconsistent with the provisions of this act. 



RULES AND REGULATIONS 

OF THE 

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 



1. THE DEPARTMENT. 

(1) The department shall appoint such teachers, principals 
and supervisors as may be deemed necessary and consistent with 
the laws, rules and regulations relating to public schools, such 
appointments, if not made for a definite period to continue 
during the Dleasure of the department; or, if made for a deii- 
nite period,' to continue during said period, subject, however, 
to termination at any time for cause or upon six months writ- 
ten notice, 

(2) The department shall provide for the examination of ap- 
plicants for positions in the public schools and persons already 
teaching, and grant, issue and give certificates and diplomas 
not otherwise provided for by law. 

(3) The department shall: 

(a) Prescribe, adopt and enforce the use of a uniform 
series of text books in the public schools ; 

(b) Fix dates for the opening and closing of the public 
schools; 

(c) Do any and all things necessary to the welfare ol 
the public school system of the Territory not inconsistent 
with the laws of the Territory. 

(4) The order of business of meetings of the department 
shall be as follows, unless othei-ivise voted: 

(a^ Roll call. 

(b) Reading minutes of last meeting. 

(c) Report of superintendent. 

(d) Reports of committees. 

(e) Unfinished business. 

(f) New business. 



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2. THE SUPERI^TTENDE^^T. 

The duties of the superintendent shall be: 

(1) To preside at all meetings when present, 

(2) To cast the deciding vote, in case of a tie, upon all 
matters requiring a vote of the commissioners. 

(3) To do all things between meetings of the commission- 
ers necessary to the proper conduct of the department, subject, 
however, to the approval of the department. 

3. SUPERVISING PRINCIPALS. 

It shall be the duty of each supenn'sing principal : 

(1) To have general charge of all the schools in his district. 

(2) To see that each teacher carries out the requirements 
of the course of study and the rules and regulations of the de- 
partment. 

(3) To instruct teachers, when necessary, in the methods of 
teaching, organization and discipline ; also to direct the teachers 
in the work of making term outlines, lesson plans, etc., and 
ap23rove them before forwarding the same to the department. 

(4) To see that the registers and records are properly kept. 

(5) To examine plan books and make comments on the same 
in writing, giving date of visit and time spent in room. 

(6) To keep a full record of his work, showing the time 
spent in each school, the necessary time spent in traveling and 
in preparing work for the schools, making reports, etc., and to 
send a copy of this record to the department when called for. 

(7) To submit to the inspector of schools all information in 
regard to the schools in his district ; term outlines, lesson plans, 
written work of the pupils, records of his supervision and in- 
struction in teaching, discipline and organization, and all other 
information that may be necessary for a full and complete in- 
spection of the schools, and generally to do and perform any 
other duties required by the department, superintendent or in- 
spector. 



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4. PRINCIPALS. 

It shall l)e the diitv of the principal, or, in case there should 
be no principal, the vice-principal: 

(1) To classify the pupils of his school and to assign his 
assistants to the different rooms or grades in accordance with 
the direction of the supervising principal. 

(2) To outline the work of the term for his assistants in 
accordance with the course of study. 

(3) To make rules and regulations for his assistants and 
pupils necessary to the proper conduct of the school, to be in 
conformity with law and the rules and regulations of the de- 
partment. 

(4) To admit and release pupils according to the school 
law and regulations of the department. 

(5) To assume and exercise general and frequent super- 
vision over the teaching and discipline of the entire school. 

(6) To be responsible for the proper care of all school prop- 
erty in his charge, and to make such rules and regulations, in 
accordance w^th the school law and the regulations of the de- 
partment, as are necessary for his teachers to assist him in 
the same. 

(7) To see that all registers and records of the school are 
properly kept, and that all reports as required by the depart- 
ment are correctly made and promptly transmitted to the proper 
authorities. 

(8) To make reasonable rules for the conduct of pupils in 
the school grounds and on their way to and from school. 

(9) 1^0 principal shall admit into any public school or pri- 
vate school any child afflicted with any infectious or contagious 
disease, or retain in the above named schools any child found 
to be afflicted with any infectious or contagious disease. 

(10) At the end of the summer term to make and transmit 
to the department an inventory of all property in his charge 
belonging to the department. 

(11) To hold himself responsible to the department, through 
the supervising principal, for the proper conduct of his school 
in all respects. 



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(12) To be present at school every day at least twenty min- 
utes before the opening of school. 

(13) To perform all other duties required by the depart- 
ment, the superintendent, the inspector or the supervising prin- 
cipal. 

5. ASSISTANT TEACHEKS. 

It shall be the duty of the assistant teachers: 

(1) To prepare, with the assistance of the principal or vice- 
ijpTincipal, and to place on file at the beginning of the term, a 
daily program, an outline of the term's work, and to keep on 
file the daily work of the pupils. 

(2) To teach the subjects of the course of study as outlined 
by the principal. 

(3) To keep a correct record as indicated by the school reg- 
ister, and to make reports of the same as directed by the de- 
partment. 

(4) To care for the school property and to assist in the 
supervision of the pupils during intermission, as indicated by 
the department through the principal of the school. 

(5) To be present at school every day at least fifteen min- 
utes before the opening of school. 

(6) To hold school from 9 a. m. to 2 p. m. all school days, 
except on the last day of the fall and summer terms, on which 
days the schools may be closed at noon. 

(7) At the end of the summer term to make ;ind transmit 
to the principal an inventory of all property in his charge be- 
longing to the department. 

(8) To perform all other duties required by the department 
or any superior. 

6. IN^DUSTKIAL AKD REFOKMATOEY SCHOOLS. 

(1) The Department of Public Instruction shall appoint a 
matron for the Industrial and Reformatory School for Girls 
and a superintendent for the Industrial and Reformatory 
School for Boys. 



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(2) The matron and the superintendent of the two above 
named reform schools shall keep a jonrnal, in which shall be 
regularly entered the reception, discharge, release, escape or 
death of each inmate, together with all the particulars relating 
to such as shall be apprenticed, adopted or put out to work. 
(See Sec. 233, Revised Laws.) 

(3) The matron and the superintendent of the above named 
schools shall re]3ort weekly to the Department of Public In- 
struction, the form of such report to be determined by the De- 
partment of Public Instruction. 

Y. PROMOTION OF TEACHERS. 

SCHEDULE OF TEACHERS^ SALARIES. 

[To take effect September 1, 1911.] 

(1) The schedules herein contained shall not be considered 
in the nature of contracts between the teachers and the depart- 
ment. They may be altered or suspended at any time if the 
department deems it necessary. 

(2) Schools shall be classified and salaries fixed each year 
before the beginning of the regular school year. 

They shall be classified as Elementary, High, ]N"ormal and 
Special Schools. These special schools shall include Lahaina- 
luna, boys' and girls' industrial schools and any other indus- 
trial or agricultural schools that may be established from time 
to time. 

(3) Assistant teachers obtaining normal diplomas will begin 
at $60.00 per month, .and receive their maximum salary after 
seven years of actual ser\dce. 

Teachers having completed the two years collegiate course 
in the normal school shall begin at $65.00 per month, receiv- 
ing the maximum salary after five years of actual service. 

(4) Teachers shall be designated as Supervising Principals, 
Principals, Vice-Principals, Assistants and Special Teachers. 

(5) The salaries of assistant teachers in the elementary 
schools shall be regulated according to the following schedule, 
based on certificates held and length of efficient service- 



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SALARY SCHEDULE FOR ASSISTANT TEACHERS. 



Qualificatioiis. Year. 

Permit to teach $ 

Continued permit to teach 

Certificate First year . 

Second year. 

Third year. . 

Fonrth year. 

Fiftli year. . 

Sixth year. . 

Seventh year 

Eighth year. 

I^inth year. . 

Tenth year. . 

T^o increases in teachers' sahiries are to be made except at 
the beginning of each school year. 

Competent teachers in nndesirable locations may be paid 
above schedule. 

(6) Teachers duly certificated taking the place of teachers 
in the elementary schools shall be paid at the rate of $2.00 per 
day; of teachers in high and normal schools, at the rate of 
$3.50 per day. ' Substitute teachers without certificates shall 
1)0 paid at such rate, not in excess of the above^ as shall be 
determined by the supervising principal. 

(7) SALARY SCHEDULE FOR PRINCIPALS. 



Per 


Per 


Year 


Month. 


480.00 


$40.00 


540.00 


45.00 


600.00 


50.00 


660.00 


55.00 


720.00 


60.00 


720.00 


60.00 


780.00 


65.00 


780.00 


65.00 


840.00 


70.00 


900.00 


75.00 


960.00 


80.00 


,000.00 


83.33 



School with — 
Prin. and 1 Asst. . . 
Prin. and 2 Assts. , 
Prin. and 3 Assts. . 
Prin. and 4 Assts. . 
Prin. and 5 Assts. . 
Prin. and 6 Assts. . 
Prin. and 7 Assts. . 
Prin. and 8 Assts. . 
Prin. and 9 Assts. . 
Prin. and 10 Assts. 



1000 
1200 
1200 
1500 
1500 
1800 
Prin. & over 10 Assts. 2000 



1st 
Year 

$780 

840 

900 $1000 

1000 



2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 
Year. Year. Year. Year. Year. Year. Year. 



840 



1200 



1200 



$ 900 
1200 



1500 
1500 



900 



1500 



1800 
1800 



$1000 



1500 



$1000 
1200 
1500 



1800 



$2000 



2400 



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(8) The high schools and the iioriual school are reco'gnized 
as advanced schools of equal class. 

N^ormal training and high school teachers not in charge of 
departments shall he paid according to the following schedule: 

First year, $900.00. 

Second year, $960.00. 

Third year, $1,020.00. 

Fonrth year, $1,080.00. 

Fifth year, 1,200.00 (maxiiniim salary). 

Regular teachers in high schools and the normal school are 
paid $1,000.00 for the "first year ; second and third years, 
$1,200.00; fourth to tenth years, inclusive, $1,500.00; after 
ten years, $1,800.00. These teachers are considered as direct- 
ors of departments. 

The principals of the high schools and the normal school 
shall receive $2,400.00 per year; after ten years, $2,700.00. 

(9) The salaries of supervising principals, vice-princi]>als, 
special teachers and teachers in the special schools shall he 
determined from time to time hy the Department of Puhlic 
Instruction, according to the duties required of such teachers. 

(10) In adopting the foregoing salary schedules there shall 
be no reduction made in the salary of any person concerned 
who is at the time employed according to the previous schedules. 

(11) Except as otherwise provided, the salaries of all teach- 
ers in government service are paid in twelve monthly instal- 
ments, although the w^ork of the school room is accomplished 
in ten months. 

8. YACATIO:^ SALARIES. 

For the purposes of this rule, the school year shall he c(Ui- 
sidered as consisting of ten uionths of teaching and two months 
of vacation, viz., July and August, all salaries for each school 
year teraiinating August 31. 

(a) All teachers who are in the service of the depart- 
ment at the close of the spring term shall be entitled to 
as many tenths of their respective salaries for July and 
Augaist as they have taught months. 



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(b) Teachers whose connection with the department has 
been severed before the close of the spring term shall not 
be entitled to any salary for July and August, unless they 
have taught two terms, or at least six months of the cur- 
rent year; provided, that those teachers who have been 
continuously in the service of the department for three 
or more years, and shall have continued to teach part of 
the current year, shall be entitled to their pro rata of the 
vacation salary. 

(c) Teachers who have taught two terms, or at least 
six months of the current year, and whose connection with 
the department is severed before the close of the spring 
term, shall be entitled to as many tenths of their respect- 
ive salaries for July and August as they have taught 
months of the current year. 

(c) 'No teacher's name shall appear on the pay roll at 
the opening of the school year unless said teacher shall 
actually begin service at that time, nor shall any teacher 
receive any compensation in that school year until he or 
she has actually begun service, unless the failure to begin 
service is explained to the satisfaction of the department. 

9. DISMISSAL A^^D TEA^^SFER OF TEACHERS. 

(1) A teacher may be dismissed from the service for cause, 
after a hearing of the case before the department or author- 
ized agent of the department. The following may be consid- 
Wed as sufficient cause for dismissal : 

(a) Immoral conduct. 

(b) Insubordination. 

(c) Inefficiency. 

(d) Conviction of a penal oifense. 

(e) Incurable disease. 

A teacher may also be dismissed from the (U^p-artnu^nt when- 
ever, after a hearing, it shall appear to the department that 
such dismissal will be for the benefit of the department. 

Dismissal for any of causes (a), (c), (d) will include can- 
cellation of certificate. 

(2) A teacher may be transferred from one school to an- 



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other at the discretion of the Department of Public Instruc- 
tion. 

(3) Salaries may be withheld until reports, health certifi- 
cates, term outline and inventories are receoved by the depart- 
ment. 

(4) A teacher may be reduced in salary for failure to carry 
out the provisions of the course of study or for violation of the 
rules and regulations of the department. 

10. LEAVE OF ABSENCE. 

At the discretion of the department, a, teacher may, for good 
and sufficient reason, such as illness, death in the family, etc., 
be gTanted a leave of absence for not, more than sixty days, on 
full pay for the first seven days and at half pay for the re- 
mainder of the period of absence. 

11. EXAMINATIONS AND TEACHEES' CEKTIEI- 

CATES. 

Examinations for teachers' certificates shall be held annu- 
ally after the close of the spring term of the schools by the 
Territorial Board of Examiners at the time and place desig- 
nated by the Department of Public Instruction. 

Certificates of two grades shall be issued, viz. : 

A. Primary Grade Certificate. 

B. Grammar Grade Certificate. 
(A) P7%7yiary Grade Certificate. 

The requirements for a Primary Grade Certificate shall be 
as follows: 

(1) A written examination in the following subjects: Eng- 
lish (literature, history, orthography, composition and gram- 
mar). Nature Study, Geography (Hawaiian and general), 
Hygiene and Physiology, Manual Work, Physical Training, 
Mu^ic, Drawing (illustrative work, as indicated in the Course 
of Study for Elementary Schools). 

Standing required, 80 per cent in each subject. 

Candidates must be at least eighteen years of age and of good 
moral character. 



ii^iTHME 



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The candidate who passes this examination successfully will 
be entitled to a permit to teach for one year in the school to 
which he is assigned. 

(2) After one year's experience in teaching, candidates must 
pass a written examination in the methods of teaching the sub- 
jects of the grades taught during the previous year. Standing 
required, SO per cent in each subject, and an average standing 
of 80 2:)er cent in the reports of the supendsing principal of 
their school work during the previous year. 

A candidate successfully passing this examination will be 
entitled to a permit to teach in the school for which the permit 
is granted for one year. 

(3) After two years' experience in teaching, candidates must 
pass a written examination in methods of teaching all the sub- 
jects of the Course of Study for Elementary Schools. 

Standing required, 80 per cent in each subject and an aver- 
age standing of 80 per cent in the reports of the supervising 
prnicipal of the candidate's school work during the previous 
year. 

In granting a Primary Grrade Certificate, the standing of 
the candidate shall be determined by the Board of Examiners 
by considering the following requirements as of equal value : 

(a) Academic preparation. 

(b) Professional knowledge. 

(c) Skill in teaching and school management. 

The last requirement shall be determined from the reports 
of the supervising principal, the report of the inspector of 
schools and the written work of the pupils submitted from time 
to time during the past year and on file in the office of the 
department. 

N"o certificated teacher now employed by the department 
shall be required to take any examination specified in these 
rules until the expiration of the period for which his certifi- 
cate was granted. 

Candidates who have had three or more years of successful 
experience in teaching in this Territory shall be allowed to 
take the professional and academic examinations at the same 
time. 

To candidates successfully passing these examinations, Pri- 



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mary Grade Certificates will be granted, which will entitle the 
holders to teach in any primary school in the Territory. 

Such Primary Grade Certificates shall be granted to all 
teachers now employed by the department who hold first class 
Primary Grade Certificates withont the reqnirement of any 
examination, provided that the holders of snch certificates shall 
have had three years of snccessfnl experience. 
(B) Grartmmr Grade Certificates. 

Candidates for Grammar Grade Certificates mnst be hold- 
ers of Primary Grade Certificates granted in this Territory, 
or their eqnivalents. 

Standing reqnired, 80 per cent in each subject. 

Educational requirements : 

English — based on college entrance requirements. 

Histojy — based on college entrance requirements. 
,. Geoc/raphii — commercial, Hawaiian and general. 

Plane Geometry — first four books. 

Elenientary Science — physics, physiology, biology and 
botany, as per syllabus published by the Department of 
Public Instruction. 

Music — Tonic Sol-Fa and staff notation. 

Drawing — ability to illustrate historical stories of 
Course of Study and model land forms. 

Professional Knotvledge — methods of teaching subjects 
of elementary school course; child study and school man- 
agement. 

Candidates may take part of the subjects one year and part 
at succeeding examinations ; provided, however, that all the 
examinations must be taken within a period of four years. 

In granting a Grammar Grade Certificate, the standing of 
the candidate shall be determined by the Board of Examiners 
by considering the following requirements as of equal value : 

(a) Academic preparation. 

(b) Professional knowledge. 

(c) Skill in teaching and school management. 

The last requirement shall be determined from the reports 
of the supervising principal, the report of the inspector of 



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schools and the written work of the pupils submitted from time 
to time during the past year and on file in the office of the 
Department of Public Instruction. 

These certificates will entitle the holder to teach in any 
G^ranimar school of the Territory. 

Su'pervimig Py-incipuls. 

Supervising principals shall be appointed by the department 
at its discretion, but each appointee must be the holder of a 
Grammar Grade Certificate or its equivalent. 

12. BOARD OF EXAMINERS. 

There shall be a Board of Examiners, composed of the in- 
spector of schools as chairman, and four supervising princi/pals, 
appointed by the department for periods of two years. 

All matters pertaining to examination and certification of 
teachers shall be referred by the department tO' the Board of 
Examiners for its recommendation. 

13. RULES GOVER:^riI^G EXAMIl^ATIOl^S. 

The following rules shall be read and explained to all candi- 
dates at the beginning of each examination: 

(1) Each candidate shall be furnished with a numbered 
card, on Avhich he shall write his name. He shall write the 
number of this card on the headline of each paper given him 
for the examination. Xo candidate shall write his name on 
his paper or otherwise call the attention of those who are to 
examine and credit his work to any means of identifying his 
or any other paper. All cards shall be sealed immediately and 
not be opened until all papers have been examined and all work 
has been finally credited. 

(2) Candidates shall communicate with no one except the 
person in charge of the room. All communication relative to 
the examination shall be in a tone of voice sufficiently loud to 
be heard by all candidates in the room. 

(3) Examiners shall not enter into conversation with others 
than candidates or leave the room of which they have charge 
while the examinations are going on. 

(4) Candidates shall not leave the room after receiving a 



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paper and before having finished their work on the same with- 
out permission of the examiner in charge. 

(5) Local examiners shall report to the superintendent any 
necessary deviations from these rules. 

14. RECOGNITION OF CREDENTIALS. 

University degrees, normal diplomas, State grammar grade 
certificates and State life diplomas may be accepted as the 
equivalent of our Grammar Grade Certificates. 

Half time taught elsewhere than in the Territory may be 
allowed in determining the initial salary of assistant teachers 
in elementary schools. 

15. RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTIO:^^. 

No religious instruction shall be given in any public 
school. This is not to be construed so as to interfere with the 
practice of opening school with devotional exercises, or to re- 
strict in any way the Sunday services as conducted in the pub- 
lic boarding schools, industrial schools or reformatory schools. 

No profane or indecent language should be allowed on the 
school premises or on the Avay to or from school. 

Special instruction shall be given on the evil effects of the 
abuse of alcoholic drinks and narcotics. 

16. SCHOOL HOLIDAYS. 

(1) Holidays when there is to be no school: 
Labor Day. 

Thanksgiving Day and the day following (Friday). 
Washington's Birtthday. 
Good Friday. 
Decoration Day. 
Kamehameha Day. 
Such other days as may be legally proclaimed holidays. 



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(2) On the following holidays the schools are to be in ses- 
sion, with some time given to appropriate exercises: 

Arbor Day. 

Lincoln's Birthday. 

May Day. 

Flag Day. 

Peace Day. 

Read and adopted in full this 5th day of June, 1911. 

(Signed) WILLIS T. POPE, 

Superintendent of Public Instruction. 

(Signed) DAISiY SMITH, 

Secretary. 

(Sigiied> MAY T. WILCOX, 

w. L. sta:nle;y, 

WORTH O. AIKEN, 
ELLA H. PARIS, 
JOHN T. MOIR, 

WM. HYDE RICE, 

Commissioners of Education. 



APPROVED 

(Signed) W. F. FREAR, 



Governor, Territory of Hawaii 



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